The Wonder of It All 100 Stories from the National Park Service

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Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public lands, which today number more than 400. Each person’s NPS career is unique, seasoned with daily duties, grand adventures, and everything in between! Yet there is one common element: each person has plenty of material for terrific stories about living and working in America’s most special places.

These 100 true stories from current and past NPS employees and volunteers make for an engrossing, funny, and often moving read, with something for everyone. The writers welcome visitors, ride the rails, collar caribou, reenact and make history, and every day face the mystery of wildnessincluding plenty of bears!all for America’s public lands.

Featuring more than 100 photographs and stories from 80 different parks, monuments, and historic sites, stretching from the coast of Maine to American Samoa, The Wonder of It All is sure to inspire a new generation to cherish the natural and cultural resources that the National Park Service was born to preserve.

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Preface by Jon JarvisForeword by Dayton DuncanAcknowledgments1. Getting Started2. Life-Changing Moments3. People to Remember4. Stories from the Field5. Volunteer Adventures6. Love of Place7. Looking Back, Moving ForwardIndex of Featured National Park Service UnitsIndex of Authors and TitlesQuotation SourcesPhotograph Credits